Creigiau Gleision

Creigiau Gleision is a mountain in Snowdonia, Wales, near Capel Curig. It is the easternmost of the high Carneddau and is separated from the others by Llyn Cowlyd. Directly across this reservoir from Creigiau Gleision is Pen Llithrig y Wrach. To the north-east it runs into the broad ridge of Cefn Cyfarwydd.[1]

Creigiau Gleision
Creigiau Gleision from the south
Highest point
Elevation678 m (2,224 ft)
Prominence262 m (860 ft)
Parent peakCarnedd Llewelyn
ListingMarilyn, Hewitt, Nuttall
Coordinates53.1359°N 3.9014°W / 53.1359; -3.9014
Naming
English translationgrey-green rocks
Language of nameWelsh
PronunciationWelsh: [ˈkreiɡiai ˈɡleiʃion]
Geography
LocationConwy, Wales
Parent rangeSnowdonia
OS gridSH729615
Topo mapOS Explorer OL 17
Listed summits of Creigiau Gleision
NameGrid refHeightStatus
Creigiau Gleision North TopSH733622634 m (2,080 ft)Hewitt, Nuttall
CraiglwynSH730608623 m (2,044 ft)sub Hewitt, Nuttall

Creigiau Gleision affords splendid views in all directions, including northwards to the coast, and down the Ogwen Valley and Dyffryn Mymbyr towards Snowdon.

View of the 3 peaks - looking north from the highest peak.

In fact the mountain has three peaks, hence perhaps its plural name. The most southerly peak is the highest, at 678 metres (2,224 ft), and the O.S. map also marks the northerly peak (some ½ mile distant) at 634 metres (2,080 ft). Between these two lie a middle peak, of a height between the outer two, but cairnless and unmarked on the O.S. map.

Colin Adams, author of The Mountain Walker's Guide to Wales (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2002), has reached the summit of Creigiau Gleision over 450 times. He claims that on many occasions he encountered a ghost there who has spoken to him, and although he makes no reference to this in his book, he wrote about it in 1999.[2]

References

  1. Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales – Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. ISBN 1-85284-304-7.
  2. Adams, Colin. "... Some More Favourite Haunts Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine". The Angry Corrie: Scotland's Midge-Zone Hillzine 42 (July–Aug. 1999).
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